Got Android Wear? Here’s What Can You Do So Far

The first two Android Wear devices were officially released at this year’s Google I/O keynote. And with the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live, Google is breathing new life into the wearables world. As expected, this watch-sized Android version has received a good amount of user and development love in the XDA forums. Let’s see what can already be achieved with just few simple steps.

To try some development goodies, you must first unlock your smartwatch. This is quite easy, and works just like on a Nexus device. You need to enter to fastboot mode and type the magical fastboot oem unlock command. After that, the doors to the development world are wide open.

If you are an LG G Watch owner, you should set your eyes to Gohma ROM shared by XDA Senior Member hutzdani. This ROM roots your device, improves battery life, and polishes some things here and there. Currently, it’s the only custom ROM available for G Watch, but soon we should see more custom ROMs coming to this small, but amazing device.

If you decided to go with the Samsung Gear Live, you don’t have quite as much development luck as G Watch owners. The device hasn’t yet been rooted, but there is a rooting thread by XDA Recognized Developer Childofthehorn with some technical information and a system dump. Hopefully, the device will be rooted soon, so that we can see more custom kernels and ROMs on the wrists of XDA members.

For now, you can follow the development progress for the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live by visiting their home forums on XDA-Developers.

Tomek Kondrat

eagleeyetom is an editor on XDA-Developers,
the largest community for Android users. Tomek is the only Polish moderator on XDA Developers. He graduated from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn with a degree in journalism and public communication in 2013. He's a big fan of football (not hand egg), post rock and cooking. A total addict of mobile technology, especially Android. Currently flashes dozens of custom ROMs on his OPO.
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